<p>Please read the financial aid board and pay attention to all of the articles in newspapers about young people in trouble because of student loans.</p>
<p>Everyone must let finances lead their search. You don’t want to be one of the many posting sad stories about their dream school, NYU, accepting them with huge loans required. </p>
<p>Simply, everyone who wishes to can not attend a private college, espicially ones like NYU and Fordham which do not meet need. </p>
<p>You need a least one college on your list that you can afford with what your family can pay, govt grants and modest loans.</p>
<p>PC3394: Glad to hear you’re a Yanks fan, too. What a rough week it’s been for us though!</p>
<p>With regard to your comment above, I meant that NYU, Brown, Columbia, and Yale are all among the most selective schools in the country. Fordham and Iona, while good schools, are not. I think that considering your excellent GPA and activities, your SAT score won’t bring you down too much. With around a 2100 or so, you’d have a good chance at NYU (I think you can even get away with a marginally lower score – as ridiculous as it may sound, I think NYU has lowered their admissions standards a tiny, tiny bit in the last two years or so because of the economic crisis). Even though you’re qualified for the, Brown, Columbia, and Yale are a bit more selective/unpredictable with admissions.</p>
<p>nyyankees2012:
I know. I can’t believe we lost such two iconic people in the past week.
I have yet to take the actual SAT, since I will be an incoming Junior starting in September. But, I took the PSAT and I enrolled in a SAT Prep Class with Princeton Review that I already started taking, and with the added practice, and my score keeps seeming to go up, which I’m very happy about. (I said my most recent Practice SAT score as in with Princeton… its timed and everything just like the real thing… was a 2100.) Thank you for the input. </p>
<p>Redroses:
I understand what you’re saying, and agree with you that a lot of college students who take out loans find themselves in debt and unable to pay them back, especially in this financial crisis. However, I’m hoping that with the help of grants and scholarships, especially ones from independent organizations, I’ll be able to afford to go to a private college. If all the grants and scholarships add up to at least half of the school’s tuition, I think my parents and grandparents will be able to help pay for the rest. </p>
<p>I’ll be applying to two CUNY schools, Brooklyn College and Hunter College, and I should get in without a problem. However, they are my safety schools. I’m hoping I won’t wind up in either of them just because I’m sick of public education, and considering my uncle is a professor at a local CUNY school, he tells me that he doesn’t have the best of students (as in, they’re not very hardworking and don’t get very good grades) and thinks the education isn’t very good. (Sorry, I’m not trying to insult anyone here.) And also, I want to be a Politician or a Lawyer, so I think going to a private school will look better when I apply to Graduate or Law School.</p>